“What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31).

Yesterday we thought of Shelly and her many difficulties. At times it felt as if everything and everybody were against her. Then the day came when she read Romans 8, and even though she had read it many times before, suddenly this verse seemed to leap from the page of the Scriptures. It was as if the Holy Spirit was showing her something that she had never seen before. Because she knew the Lord Jesus as her own personal Savior, this glorious, awesome, hard-to-describe assurance came to her. According to Romans 8:31, God was for her! Even though her life was still filled with difficulties, she began to view them through a totally different grid. She had the new mindset, “So you have come to make my life difficult, have you? Well, let me tell you, ‘God is for me,’ so you better watch out!” At times she actually smiled as she thought of this expression time after time. How about you? Have you made the same discovery as Shelly?

For today: Watch out, problems! God is for us!